Danny Bhoy is one of the most popular touring comics on the international circuit, a fact evidenced by the nightmarish parking situation around the Powerhouse on Tuesday night.

The Scotsman has a devoted following, and no wonder: he's boyishly good-looking, cheekily charming, and sounds like a young Sean Connery.

I can't help thinking that accent has something to do with his popularity in Australia – he seems to score a lot of brownie points just by talking. You get the feeling Bhoy could read out his grocery list and have the audience rolling in the aisles. He gets an even bigger reaction when he breaks out his (admittedly good) Australian and English accents.

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His latest show, Dear Epson, is about Bhoy's attempts to engender change in the world by writing complaint letters to various companies and organisations. It was sparked by the cost of Epson printer ink cartridges, the cost of which outraged Bhoy, but didn't seem to alarm his New Farm audience (“But then you pay $8 for an orange juice!”).

His other targets include Telstra, Vodafone, Gillette, Clinique, a former teacher and, in a beautiful set-up and reversal combination, British Airways. The letters are sharp and pointed, and Bhoy clearly revels in his growing “get off my lawn” old-man cynicism. For me, however, there's something “easy target” about it all; Bhoy has a nice take on it, but consumer rage comedy is not new.

As a side note, Brisbane City Council and the state government should be in no doubt about the unpopularity of public transport services – when Bhoy asked audience members what they would like to complain about, a cry of “Translink!” was met with hearty consensus.

It's when he gets off his high horse (or rather high chair) that Bhoy really shines. His routines about candle-snuffers and canapés are some of the best you'll see, cleverly written and expertly delivered. They're the reasons to go and see him; despite woodwork teacher Mr Dowel's assertions, Bhoy turned out to be quite the master craftsman.

I don't know if Damien Power is planning to do such a (literally) ballsy show every night of the festival, or whether it was preview night improvisation, but it might be something to keep in mind - one way or the other.

Power's pants-down moment came at the conclusion of The Disillusioned Ego, a show the Brisbane comic told his Tuesday night audience was still coming together.

That was certainly true – Power spends his hour dissecting how our brains are in constant conflict between the enlightened chimp and the reactive lizard, and how our selfishness manifests in aggressive sports players, consumerism, disengagement from politics and how we measure our own success.

Power spoke with manic intensity, foregoing any clear topical segues – I often found myself pondering a point he made before realising he'd moved on to a new train of thought.

When Power started referring to Sigmund Freud's work on the subconscious, I started seeing a through line that could help shape the show. I wondered if Power had set up those definitions earlier might they have shed more light on his central message of being angry with his own disenfranchisement.

Power was certainly a comic who had to warm to the audience as much as they had to warm to him; I saw two young women in front of me look at each other in confusion when Power took the stage pretending to be a radio host called “Reggie Ray Starlight” and urged people to grasp his microphone or “talent sceptre”.

The surrealism returned later in the act with another radio promotion imitation; my chimp brain could see that Power was trying to illustrate the mindless pap spewed forth as “entertainment” through pop culture mediums, but my lizard brain still thought “this isn't that funny”.

It's great to see surrealism and big ideas from local comedians, and I'd recommend Power to those interested in something different. The Disillusioned Ego might be a pile of rubbish, but it's possible it might be just a little bit genius.

The Disillusioned Ego starring Damien Power plays until Sunday March 24. Tickets $20 to $25 available online.